Many Filipino Americans eye posts in Biden administration
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) So many people want to serve this President.
These are the words of Filipino American Irene Bueno as she looked forward to the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden. Currently based in Washington, D.C., Bueno herself was Special Assistant to the President for Bill Clinton from 1999 to 2001.
She s now working on helping Asian Americans land jobs in the Biden administration. We ve been working with the Asian Pacific Islander American community to really elevate the people that we think can serve in the high-level positions in the White House and in the administration, Bueno told CNN Philippines Front and Center.
US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris along with their family members attended a prayer meeting at a local historic church in downtown Washington DC before going to the Capitol Hill for their inauguration. Biden and Harris along with their families attended Mass at The Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. They were joined by bipartisan congressional leaders including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senator and JCCIC Chair Amy Klobuchar. Father Kevin O Brien delivered the homily. Violinist Patricia Treacy, soprano Rene Fleming and the St. Augustine Gospel Choir performed.
In departing remarks, Trump vows we will be back in some form
January 20, 2021
Former President Donald Trump spoke at a farewell ceremony on Wednesday morning, his final remarks as president before leaving Washington, D.C. for Florida ahead of President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration. Speaking at Joint Base Andrew, Trump described serving as president as my greatest honor and privilege, thanking supporters and noting: We were not a regular administration. He wished the new administration great luck and great success though he did not name Biden or Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. While Trump didn t attend Biden s inauguration, Vice President Mike Pence did, and skipped Trump s farewell event at Joint Base Andrews. Trump concluded the very last speech of his presidency by saying we will be back in some form, and have a good life. We will see you soon.
President Donald Trump left the White House for the last time on Wednesday, skipping the inauguration of successor Joe Biden as the 46th US president in an extraordinary break with tradition. Drawing a curtain on the most tumultuous administration of modern times, Trump is being ousted by a polar opposite with the Democrat Biden intent on charting a new course to tackle Covid-19 and unite a splintered nation. A small crowd waved goodbye as Trump, 74, and First Lady Melania Trump walked a short red carpet and boarded the Marine One helicopter shortly after 8:15 am (1315 GMT), for the short flight to the air base where they will continue to Florida on board Air Force One. “I just want to.
Celebrities avoided Trump and D.C. for years. Here are the stars returning for Biden s inauguration
Emily Yahr
As a reality-TV-star president leaves the White House, celebrities are headed back to Washington.
Hollywood A-listers, who made no secret of their disdain for President Donald Trump, have been largely absent from the city and its cultural scene over the past four years. Now, they are returning in droves: Superstars Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Garth Brooks will perform at President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration on Wednesday, while a host of other stars Tom Hanks, Demi Lovato, Bruce Springsteen, Kerry Washington, Eva Longoria, Lin-Manuel Miranda among them will appear on a prime-time inaugural special, Celebrating America, to air that night.